Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-16

olds and captured that race in three
straight heats in :4Oa, 2 :4Ot,2 40. R. d. F.
also took first premium in his class. This
colt was broken last winter and during
the spring and summer has been regular
ly worked on the farm, blowing, hauling
stone and raking 100 acres of hay, never
having gone to track but three times
before he went to Worcester. 1t is quite
possible that this kind of exercise will be
found to be more beneficial in developing
q colts strength and hardening his mus
Giles than the large amount of light har-
ness work usually given.
r. d. F. was sold on the grounds on
Thursday to Ollie Woodward of Mystic
price has been questioned, but had it
from the lips of both buyer and seller
that it was that sum land not postage
stamp Off" After the sale he was drawn
from Fridays race, to the great disap-
pointment of the spectators, who expect
ed to see great race between r. d. f.
and Victor Wilkes, the speedy son of
Victor Won Bismarck that trotted trial
mile on the mile track at Island Park the
week before in 2 20. This was not to be,
however, as Mr.. Howes had previously
drawn Victor from the race, finding that
the elbow-like turns of the Rutland track
were not adapted to his stride. This
Victor Wilkes is noble bay colt, close to
sixteen hands, and of great style and
spirit. His sire is brother in blood to
Electioneer, sire of Kinda Rose q :36a),
the fastest yearling, Wildfower (2:2N,
the fastest two-year-old; Kinda Rose
again 2:l9d, the fastest three-year-old,
and Manzanita 2:l6, the fastest four
year-old Electioneer and Victor Won
Bismarck being both by Rysdyk's Ham
bletOnian from different daughters of
Sayre's Harry Clay. The dam of Victor
Wilkes is by Col. Wilkes, son of George
Wilkes q :22), that is now disputing the
palm with the great Blue Bull as the
greatest of all sires of trOtters. His Sec
ond dam traces in direct male line to old
Pilot, sire of Pilot Jr., that got the dams
of Maud S. q :0S3), the fastest mare, and
Jay-Eye-See (2:l0), the fastest gelding
Victor Wilkes was purchased by Mr.. w
j. Howes of Troy, n. Y, at Lexington
Ky, last fall for five thousand dollars
and has made a short season in the stud
in the hands of w. Ii. Streeter at Fail
Haven. He was not shown any trial al
speed during the meeting, but was showr
to wagon and greatly admired. r. d. F
was loudly called for between the heat:
of the three-year-old race and in response
came out and trotted this difficult half
mile track from wire to wire without
skip in ] 10, rate which if carried fol
the mile would have beaten the tastes
three-year-old record on half-mile tract
Nelson :26a), and that on track tina
by reason of the shortness of its frs
turn, and other defects, is considered a
least three seconds slow. There seemed
to be no reason why the gallant son o
Aristos could not carry the clip for
mile,as he was not urged, and trotted will
the same uniform frictionless ease iron
wire to wire. Taken for all in all r. d
+. is a wonderful colt, and we'll shows tn,
merit of happy combination of our ma
tive blood. His owner had in the year
ling race the fashionably bred bay fill,
Ruby Nutbourne, by Nutbourne, Jr., sol
of Nutbourne, full brother to Mau,
. S. @ :0SD, an excellent filly, but not fas
enough to get any part of the stakes
Probably hereafter Mr.. Fish will stick t.
native blood and show us another X. d. 4
The meeting was kept lively and inter
esting throughout by grand cavalcad
each morning and by exhibitions o
horses on the track, largely by families
between the heats.
, Hambletonian was represented by hi
brown and shapely son, Peacemaker
l54 hands, from Sally Feagles, by Smith
, Clay. He is the sire of Midnight q lisa
and other fast ones. He shows a fin
turn of speed and very pure action h
was accompanied by his son, Peacema
ker, Jr., full brother to Midnight, bot
being from the same daughter Of tn
Drew Horse, sire of four in the 80 list
also by his daughter the roam yearlin
filly, Flora b. which divided with Hard
wick second and third money in tn
yearling race; also two of his get Ell
tered in the two-year-old race, Peace
maker and Peacemaker Jr. are owned b
; j. ii. Barney of the Green Mountai
Stock Farm, Bennington, Vt. Bismutl
; a substantial bay stallion of very pur
; action, by Hambletonian, dam by Seely'
American Star, was shown by ID. "
; Prime of Brandon, who recently pul
) chased him of the estate of the late Aide
Goldsmith of Orange county, n. \
; Prominent among the grandsons of Har
bletonian was Mr.. j. n. Bakers wei
known bay horse Waldo, by Messenge
,, Duroc, dam Mildred, by Hambletoniar